Fishing-fly and method of making the same



c, w. ALL'EN FISHI NG FLY AND METHOD-0F MAKING THE SAME.

APPLICATION FILED 'JULY 21, 1920:

Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

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cn auncy w. ALLEN,'0F SAORAMENTO, QALIFORNIA.

FISHING-FLY AND METHOD OF Application filed July 27,

. tion is to provide a bait which will be alluring and attractive under all conditions, even after constant immersion in the water.

Artificial flies as now made are universally open to the objection that after they have been used for a comparatively few minutes' they flatten or lose their shape and appear lifeless, with the result that it is nearly impossible to catch fish with them. Certain species offish, particularly trout, and fishermen when using flies at present carry along with them a large supply so that as fast as one.fly flats tens orloses its formation, it may be removed from the line and a fresh fly substituted therefor.

The method of the present invention. produces a fly which has the semblance of a dry fly and permanently maintains this appearance, not being affected by constant immersion in the water.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing'forming part of this specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing may be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the inventlon as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view showing a gut, a hook and a feather before being united to form the base or body of the improved fly.

Fig. 2 is a view showing the parts of Fig. 1 united. p

Fig. 3 is a plan view on an enlarged scale of a feather showing'the two steps in pre-' paring-the same before wrapping it about the parts illustrated in Fig. 2.

Flg. 4 shows the feather of Fig. 3pre- Specification of Letters Patent.

.employed to form the tice, the entire feather is held near size of the fly.

MAKING THE SAME.

Patented'Aug. 23, 1921'. 1920. Serial m, 999,359,

paredand united to the body of Fig. 2 and ready 7 for theourapping operation.

b 121g. 5 1s a view showmg the completed The reference numeral 10 designates a fishlng hook WhlCh may be of any desired shape and slze, the specific construction of the hook having nothing to do with the present invention; A gut 11 of any desired size is doubled into the form 'of aloop and 'snell of the fly hook. A long narrow feather 12, preferably but not necessarily a tail feather from a rooster, 1s selectedwith proper regard to the. desired color whlch the completed bait should have. The ends of the gut are laid adjacent the end of the hook remote, from the barb, and the tail feather ,12 is laid alongside the straight shank of the hook and a waxed thread or similar flexible element 13 is carefully wrapped about the shank of the hook so as to embrace the ends. of the gut and the end of the tail ing these three 'parts to. form the body illustrated in Fig. 2.

the barbs 16. Fig. 3 shows a feather having a portion of the barbs 16, a second portion 16" after they have been stripped back, a third portion 16 after they have been clipped or trimmed by a pair of shears. In pracand is stripped by running the finger nail along the shaft of the feather to the quill so that all of the barbs stand straight out from the shaft in amore or less mussed or helter-skelter fashion so as to present the appearance of bristles, and after the barbs have been stripped back they are cut off and trimmed evenly-throughout the length of the feather. The feather itself may be cut to the desired size by clipping off its ends, although-preferably small feathers are usedso that it is only necessary to strip back and trim the barbs. The length of the barbs after trimming depends upon the Then the quill end of the feather shaft is secured in any desirable way to the body, I way of securing the feather is to introduce the quill between some of the coils of the wrapped waxed thread 13. Then the feather is wrapped, while a slight twist is given to its shaft during the wrapping operation,

as illustrated in Fig. 4. 'One feather 12, thereby unit= the point the wrappingproceeding from near the bend back the barbs of a second feather from the or curve of'the hook, upwardly toward the, tip to the quill, cutting the stripped barbs shell or gut. When the wrapping is comoff evenly throughout the length of the pleted, the end of the rachis is secured in feather, wrapping the second feather about any desired way, as by thread for example, the shank of the hook, applying torsion to v to the wrapped thread 13. The fly will now the shaft of the feather, and securing the present the fuzzy, bristly appearance as inends of the second feather.

is resting on the surface of a body of water. aying a feather on the shank of the hook dicated in Fig. 5, with the barbs 17 sticking ance of the body of an insbct when the bait ut on the shank of a hook near the line end,

The feather selected for thestrippingand so that the feather lies in the longitudinal trimming operation is preferably of -a color axis of said' shank and extends beyond the contrasting with that of the tail feather 12. bent portion thereof, uniting the gut, feather Whatever the'color selected may be is imand hook by wrapping these parts with a material. The essential step in the present flexible element, stripping back the barbs of out permanently from the body of the fly ever long1 the fly may be subjected to immerlaying a feather-on the shank of the hook so process and the one which distinguishes it the second feather from the tip to the quill,

from other processes of making flies is the securing one end of the.second feather to stripping back of. the barbs of the second the hook, wrapping the second feather about feather and then trimming the barbs in the the section of the hook where the flexible desired size after stripping. It is'this stripelement is wrapped, and securin theother ping operation which makes the barbs stand end of the second feather.

with all the stiffness 'of the bristles of 'a" which consists in laying the ends of a looped brush and refuse to lie straight again howgut on the shank of a hook near the line end,

sion in t e water. The bait has been found that the feather lies in the longitudinal axis to be a killing one, especiallyhfor trout, this of said shank and extends beyond the bent resulting from the constantly dry and lifeportion thereof,uniting-the gut, feather and like appearance it presents when in the hook by wrapping these parts with a flexible water y What is claimed is 0nd feather from the tip to'the quill, cut- 1.. The method'of makiii a feather from tip to quill, securing one'end wrapping the second feather about the seeof the feather to a hook, wrapping the tion of the hook where the flexible element is an outstandingposition, and securing the "other end of the feather t o the hook;

2. The method of making artificial bait quill and wrapped about the hook witha feather spirally about the shank of the hook wrapped while twisting the shaft of the whlle applying-torsion to the shaft of the feather, and securing the otherend of. the feather toforce the barbs of the feather in second feather. f

7. An artificial. bait comprising a hook, a feather having its barbs stripped from tip to 5. The method of making an artificial bait. out in all directions, presenting the. appearwhich consists in laying the ends of a looped 6. The method of making an artificial bait an artificial bait ting off the stripped barbs evenly, securingwhich conslsts 1n strippmg ack the barbsofone end of the second feather to the hook,

9o element, stripping back the barbs of the sec- I i which C nsists in stripping back the barbs of' torsional strain appliedkto its shaft, and

'fback the herbs of a' Second feather from the length throughout, saidsecond feather beingv .to the qulll, cutting the stripped barbs wrapped about that portion of the hook supv Q as of the feather, wrappingthe feather about the sha'nk ,of'a. hook, and securing the ends gut, a hook, an elongated feather laid along-' a feather from the t1p to the quill, cutting means for securing the ends,of said feather the barbs ofi evenly throughout the length in position on the hook.

'8. An: artificial bait comprising a looped of the feather. U side the shank of the hook, means securing 3 -.*Th e method of nakmg an artificial bait both the gut and saidfeather to the hook, a wh ch consists iii-tying a snell or gut and a secondfeather having its barbs stripped feather to the shank of a hook,- stripplng from tip to quillandtrimmed off to an even evenly throughout the length of the porting-thegut and the first-named feather,

feather, wrapping the second feather about thesecond'namedfeather. having its ends securedwhereby only its barbs are presented the shank of e hook, and securing the ends outwardly of theimit.-

of the second feathe x,

- a 4. The method of making an'artificialbaiti 1 ,testimony that I claim the foregoing a which consists in tying a snell or gut and; a my o wn, I have hereto aflixed my signature.

feather to" the shank of a-hook, stripping 'CHAUNOY W; ALLEN. 

